Hello and welcome to iGarden. Anyone who knows me will know that I am 'The Compulsive Gardener' - I love everything about gardening.
Allow me to share some of my enthusiasm and interests in gardening with a focus on the plants I know best and those that do especially well in my own Sydney garden.
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As my family will attest, I am not the tidiest of people, so have never been one to complain about the falling of leaves from deciduous trees in autumn. The past week, with its sudden colder weather, has seemed to accelerate the colour of these trees in our neighbourhood, and carpets of fallen leaves are starting to form everywhere. To me, these are a delightful tapestry, bringing colour to the ground, and I still have a childish delight in scuffing through a mass of leaves and hearing that sati ... Read On »
See the full list of what's flowering in my garden this month.
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May heralds cooler weather and the colouring of autumn leaves. And there is plenty for us to do in the garden! Read More »
You can finally plant out tulip and hyacinth bulbs now! Give them a sunny position and add some bulb fertiliser to the soil. They probably will not flower again next year but it is a joy to have them in the spring garden. In our climate it is best to buy fresh bulbs of these each year if you wish to grow them.
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